Dining Out

At the Hotel Charlotte, you'll be welcomed by friendly, Yosemite knowledgable staff who will help you settle in to one of our 10 hotel rooms or 6 rental houses. Whether you want to experience the natural wonders of the surrounding area and Yosemite, have a romantic getaway, or enjoy a stay in an authentic old west hotel, you will find what you are looking for at the Hotel Charlotte.
The owners, Doug and Jenn Edwards, wanted to retain the old gold rush feel of the hotel while at the same time modernizing, simplifying and going green. The sage green walls, the throwback Edison lightbulbs, the oversized, brown velvet sofas - invite guests to step into a contemporary old west. The look of the hotel also carries into the adjoining restaurant, the Charlotte Bistro & Bar. Under the direction of Chef Doug Edwards, the restaurant features locally grown produce and innovative Modern American fare.

The Groveland Hotel at Yosemite National Park is a full service Yosemite region hotel, featuring 17 award-winning guest rooms. The Cellar Door Restaurant is a casual yet fine dining experience, with a full bar and Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence wine list. It is the perfect location for your Tuolumne River whitewater expedition, hiking, biking, horseback riding, fishing, golf at Pine Mountain Lake, or just a great place to hang out and relax. A visit to Rainbow Pool (a great local swimmin' hole) with a great bottle of wine from the Cellar Door makes for a memorable, lazy afternoon.

The Iron Door Saloon has live music every weekend of the year with a good variety of musical groups and styles and dancing is a favorite activity. The Iron Door Saloon staff is thoroughly knowledgeable of the camp grounds, hotels and motels in the area, along with hikes and trails, rivers and lakes that should not be missed if you are to get the full experience of these most beautiful mountains.

The Ahwahnee shines as Yosemite National Park’s distinctive AAA® Four-Diamond hotel. Known for its magnificent façade, and architecture, The Ahwahnee was specifically designed to highlight its natural surroundings, featuring Yosemite Falls, Half Dome and Glacier Point. The destination of queens and presidents alike, this distinctive Yosemite hotel offers a perfect balance of history, hospitality and elegance.

In 1899, David and Jennie Curry opened a tented camp so that visitors could enjoy the beauty of Yosemite for a modest price. They advertised "a good bed and clean napkin with every meal" for just $2 a day.
Today, Curry Village®, otherwise known around Yosemite as Camp Curry, still offers park visitors comfortable, inexpensive lodging right in the shadow of spectacular Glacier Point and Half Dome.

Set back in a quiet spot off Tioga Road, some 30 miles from Yosemite Valley, is the tranquil White Wolf Lodge. The Lodge is an excellent base camp for day hikes to Lukens and Harden Lakes. Nestled in a beautiful sub-alpine meadow generously decorated with wildflowers and fringed by Lodgepole pines, this is indeed a peaceful spot in Yosemite. White Wolf Lodge is open approximately from mid-June to mid-September, conditions permitting.

VOTED BEST BREAKFAST & LUNCH IN GROVELAND! Breakfast served all day Sunday with Eggs Benedict & Blueberry Pancakes as our Specials Just outside the gate of beautiful Yosemite National Park in Groveland on Hwy 120 is our small family-run restaurant

Our 16,000 square foot restaurant and lounge overlooks the Pine Mountain Lake Golf Course with majestic views of Yosemite's peaks. The outside deck is perfect for outdoor dining, cocktails or your special function. Guests enjoy live music while dining on most Saturday nights. The Club House provides free wireless internet access for members and customers. You can now work from your laptop and enjoy lunch, surf the net or have coffee and get some work done in a beautiful and friendly environment. We encourage all members to bring their laptops and give it a try. Yes, the restaurant, bar and golf course are open to the public. THE GRILL Restaurant & Bar Restaurant occupancy capacity 160. Lounge occupancy capacity 62. Restaurant Hours of Operation Closed: Mondays BREAKFAST Saturday 8 am to 11 am Sunday 8 am to 12:30 pm LUNCH Tuesday - Friday 11 am to 3 pm Friday 11 am to 3 pm Saturday - Sunday 11 am to 3 pm DINNER Tuesday - Thursday 5 pm to 8 pm Friday

Groveland Area

Stevenot is one of California’s premier boutique wineries, located in the Sierra foothills in Calaveras County in the heart of California’s Gold Country, an area which has been a respected wine grape growing region since the mid 1800s.

Located in the Sierra Foothills in the heart of California’s Gold Country, Four Winds Cellars originally began as Laraine Winery, a small, family-owned vineyard established in 1998. The winery, which was as distinctive as it was celebrated, earned the reputation for being uncompromisingly unique in its endeavor to produce some of the finest, hand-crafted wines in the region. Unique not only in the quality of the estate vineyards, but in securing the winemaking services of John Gibson, a veteran Napa Valley winemaker whose credentials included 12 years with the renowned Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars. Over the years, John’s skillful combination of Calaveras fruit with his own Napa style produced wines which consistently earned widespread acclaim throughout the industry. In 2010 John, his wife Ann, the General Manager David Webster, and his wife Helen purchased the winery, and thus began a new chapter for the winery; Four Winds Cellars was launched.

Cave tours last about 45 minutes. For more details about the tours and what to expect, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page. Flash photography is permitted on tours. For safety reasons no tripods or video cameras are allowed on the tour.

In 1850, Captain Taylor opened the cave for public tours, making it the first show cave in the state of California. Click on the interactive map at left to see the original walk tour trail, in comparison with the current, longer walk tour trail which was established in 1980, after the cave was renamed California Cavern.

The various displays and photos provide an authentic glimpse of the life and times of the pioneers who helped settle the area in the early 1800’s and those who traveled west during the 1849 California goldrush.

Pine Mountain Lake Golf Course, designed by William F. Bell, has been rated "4-1/2 stars Best Places to Play" by Golf Digest magazine and is open for play year-round. The challenging 18-hole championship course is available for tournaments and public play and is always in excellent condition. Our 18-hole, 6,382 yard, par 70 course offers everything a golfer, beginner or expert, could want from a round of golf: a classic park-like setting, a fair but challenging layout and enough trees to make you wish you had a chainsaw as your 14th club!

Mountain Springs Golf Club is ideally located above the fog and below the snow in historic Sonora, California. Play this scenic 18-hole Robert Muir Graves designed championship course while enjoying the Gold Country and the scenic beauty of the Sierra Nevada foothills.

Tucked away in the small town of Lewisburg is where you’ll find one of Tennessee Golf’s best-kept secrets. Saddle Creek Golf Club is one of the premier golf courses in the Nashville area with a standard for quality and excellence. With a perfect balance of prestige and comfort, Saddle Creek Golf Club is the place where golfers come to enjoy a challenging course and beautiful surroundings.

Phoenix Lake Golf Course was founded in 1968 by Bert Stamp in the heart of the Sierra Nevada.
Just minutes from Twain Harte, Pine Crest Lake, and Dodge Ski Resort, the historic towns of Columbia, Jamestown and Sonora offer an array of live theater, antique shops and great restaurants.
The course hosts a driving range, club and power cart rentals, professional golf instruction, and a newly remodeled clubhouse.
Golf amid a relaxing, challenging and scenic course...all size groups and experienced golfers are welcomed.

Springfield Flying Service is located at the Columbia Airport, Columbia, CA. in the heart of the "Mother Lode", the "California Gold Country". "Some of the best flying weather in the U.S."
Nestled in the Sierra Foothills, Columbia Airport is just a leisurely two hour drive from the San Francisco Bay Area and a ninety minute drive to Yosemite National Park.

Stanislaus National Forest contains 898,099 acres in four counties in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Northern California. It was established on February 22, 1897, making it one of the oldest national forests. It was named after the Stanislaus River.

Rainbow Pools are natural swimming holes along the south fork of the Tuolumne River, where one can dip their feet, take a plunge or just watch courageous kids jump the rock lined ledges into the largest of the inviting pools. Originally a Toll Stop on the Big Oak Flat Road to Yosemite, and later a resort development, the area is now a popular picnic, swimming, hiking and fishing spot.

Winter Activities

Not just a great valley, but a shrine to human foresight, the strength of granite, the power of glaciers, the persistence of life, and the tranquility of the High Sierra.
First protected in 1864, Yosemite National Park is best known for its waterfalls, but within its nearly 1,200 square miles, you can find deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, a vast wilderness area, and much more.

At Yosemite, ice skating has been a tradition since the 1930s. Tucked beneath the majestic forms of Half Dome, and Glacier Point, this one-of-a-kind Northern California skating rink offers breathtaking views, family-friendly fun and even just a hint of romance. After a little skating, guests can enjoy the warmth of an outdoor fire ring - or buy supplies for making s'mores and hot drinks at the nearby store.
The ice rink is currently open for the season. Come on out and enjoy the ice.

The Valley Wilderness Center is located between the Ansel Adams Gallery and the Post Office in Yosemite Village, near the Valley Visitor Center. Park at Yosemite Village Day Use Parking. From day use parking, it's about a five-minute walk (follow the green signs). Or, take the free shuttle bus to the Valley Visitor Center.

Calaveras Big Trees State Park is a state park of California, USA, preserving two groves of giant sequoia trees. It is located 4 miles northeast of Arnold, California in the middle elevations of the Sierra Nevada.

This short, easy walk rewards with spectacular views of Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls. This waterfall is often dry from late July or August through October. However, expect spray in spring and early summer.

From the shuttle stop, a paved trail leads directly to Mirror Lake. At the stone bridge, you can turn right to take the five-mile loop or remain on the paved trail to continue to Mirror Lake. Mirror Lake has little water much of the year, but in spring and early summer it can grow in size. When water is calm, the lake offers beautiful reflections of surrounding cliffs. Exhibits detail the story of the area's lake-to-meadow succession. This can be a good place to spot wildlife.

The Ahwahnee shines as Yosemite National Park’s distinctive AAA® Four-Diamond hotel. Known for its magnificent façade, and architecture, The Ahwahnee was specifically designed to highlight its natural surroundings, featuring Yosemite Falls, Half Dome and Glacier Point. The destination of queens and presidents alike, this distinctive Yosemite hotel offers a perfect balance of history, hospitality and elegance.

Custom Tours and Family Activities are available to Individuals and Groups of all ages every season in Yosemite National Park. We guarantee smaller sizes for a more personal outdoors experience. Join us to make a wilderness connection filled with amazing photos and lasting memories.

Towering above May Lake, Mt. Hoffman is the geographic center of Yosemite National Park and an excellent, though strenuous, hike for May Lake visitors. Located on a quiet, high mountain lake, perfect for relaxing and fishing, the camp is a fantastic blend of hospitality and high country scenery. The ridge just behind camp has a grand view of the southern end of Yosemite and is a popular sunset spot for hikers and photographers. This is the easiest camp to access via a short, one-mile hike from the parking lot off Tioga Road and a great overnight family destination.